3D Corporate Tourism: A concept for innovation in nanomaterials engineering

International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-48

  Gebeshuber, Ille C ^a,b   Majlis, Burhanuddin Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROENGINEERING AND NANOELECTRONICS IMEN   (Malaysia)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bioinspiration; Biological engineering; Biomimetics; Biomimicry; Corporate Tourism; Design; Innovation; Nanofabrication; Nanomaterials; Nanotechnology; Natural materials; Production methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650921510     PISSN: 17572754     EISSN: 17572762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMATEI.2011.037879     Document Type: Article

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